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We refuse to be ID card guinea pigs | Jim McAuslanhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/may/05/identity-cards-pilots
The compulsory trial scheme for the airline industry is unfair, unmanageable and will make pilots' jobs even harder<p>The British Airline Pilots' Association represents more than 10,000 commercial pilots. Our members are overwhelmingly against <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/may/04/identity-cards-airline-pilots" title="">the government's national ID card scheme trials</a> for pilots and other airside workers, and we will resist the card with all legal means possible.</p><p>Our members feel at home navigating the world, but a growing number are incensed at the stress and bureaucracy of having to navigate the UK's security system. A recent internal poll shows that inconsistent and petty-minded UK security arrangements at airports are leading flightcrew to experience delays and, more worryingly, stress, with 40% saying in this poll that the experience makes them less able to operate the aircraft. Not enough is being done to tackle this. For example, a UK pilot has to have a different pass for every airport they operate from. We have pressed for a national airside pass system, which would aid security and provide a more efficient and less stressful system, but the idea has been deemed &quot;too difficult&quot;. Yet we are now being told to swallow a new national identity card scheme that will not do one thing to improve a pilot's daily experience.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/may/05/identity-cards-pilots">Continue reading...</a>Identity cardsUK civil libertiesAirline industryData and computer securityData protectionSurveillanceUK newsTue, 05 May 2009 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/may/05/identity-cards-pilotsJim McAuslan2009-05-05T09:30:00Z